{"id":1491816,"date":"2022-05-25T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491816"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:14:42","slug":"beto-orourke-heckles-gov-abbott-at-press-conference-about-school-shooting-is-escorted-out-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orourke-heckles-gov-abbott-at-press-conference-about-school-shooting-is-escorted-out-by-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Beto O\u2019Rourke Heckles Gov. Abbott at Press Conference About School Shooting, Is Escorted Out by Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeto-orourke-heckles-gov-abbott-at-press-conference-about-school-shooting-is-escorted-out-by-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491816&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>During a press conference on Wednesday following the school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., former US Representative and Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke confronted Governor Greg Abbott about when the next school shooting will occur, and what the state is doing to stop it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The exchange came as Abbott was attempting to hand the microphone over to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In the pause, O&#8217;Rourke approached the table, and began shouting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Those on the stage began shouting, &#8220;Sir, you are out of line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>O&#8217;Rourke continued on to ask what the state is doing, saying that the situation was avoidable. He told the Abbott that the time to &#8220;stop the next shooting is right now, and you&#8217;re doing nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe you&#8217;re a sick son of a b*tch who would come to a deal like this to make a political issue,&#8221; one man is heard yelling at O&#8217;Rourke, shortly before he was escorted away by police.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>As he is being escorted away from the stage, O&#8217;Rourke attempted to place blame for the shooting with those on the stage., including Abbot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s on *ssholes like you, why don\u2019t you get out of here,&#8221; the man, who was standing behind the table of Texas officials, shouted back at O&#8217;Rourke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Shortly after O&#8217;Rourke was taken out of the room, Abbott blasted the display, saying that people need to focus on helping the families affected heal rather than politics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;There are family members who are crying as we speak. There are family members whose hearts are broken. There&#8217;s no words that anybody shouting can come up here and do anything to heal those broken hearts. We all \u2014 every Texan, every American, has a responsibility where we need to focus not on ourselves and our agendas,&#8221; said Abbott.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We need to focus on the healing and hope that we can provide to those who have suffered unconscionable damage to their lives and loss of life. We need all Texans to in this one moment in time, put aside personal agendas, think of somebody other than ourselves. Think about the people who are hurt and help those who have been hurt,&#8221; Abbott stressed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. Greg Abbott condemns Beto O&#8217;Rourke for disrupting a press conference about the tragic mass shooting at a Texas school:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need all Texans in this one moment of time to put aside our personal agendas &#8230; and help those who have been hurt.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iraR4MzQCH\">pic.twitter.com\/iraR4MzQCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1529523069659783171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In response to the display, many blasted O&#8217;Rourke on social media, saying that he was &#8220;out of line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sick theatrical political stunt during a time of mourning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetoORourke<\/a> &#8211; this isn\u2019t about you, let this community grieve.<\/p>\n<p>If the state of Texas wanted you to lead them in anything &#8211; they would have elected you to anything but they don\u2019t and continue to reject you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1529524852054441985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The communist at his core, is anti-human. It\u2019s why he\u2019s constantly doing things completely out of line and at the worst times. The communist is incapable of feeling any genuine empathy because he feels nothing for humans. He only serves his god. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4mdR0IdlB\">https:\/\/t.co\/j4mdR0IdlB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseKellyDC\/status\/1529522236830494721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beto O&#8217;Rourke really saw a tragedy and thought how he could make it all about himself<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WEF Detainee Poso (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1529525935556509696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a press conference on Wednesday following the school shooting in Uvalde, Tex., former US Representative and Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke confronted Governor Greg Abbott about when the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}